VIDEO: Mary Enig talks about Trans Fats on Karen Allyn's show Forward Motion |
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| Written by Mary G. Enig, PhD |
| August 8 2007 |
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VIDEO: Mary Enig talks about Trans Fats on Karen Allyn's show Forward Motion (hosted on Google Video), link posted 08 AUG 2007 Â About the Author
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Mary G. Enig, PhD is an expert of international renown in the field of lipid biochemistry. She has headed a number of studies on the content and effects of trans fatty acids in America and Israel, and has successfully challenged government assertions that dietary animal fat causes cancer and heart disease. Recent scientific and media attention on the possible adverse health effects of trans fatty acids has brought increased attention to her work. She is a licensed nutritionist, certified by the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists, a qualified expert witness, nutrition consultant to individuals, industry and state and federal governments, contributing editor to a number of scientific publications, Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and President of the Maryland Nutritionists Association. She is the author of over 60 technical papers and presentations, as well as a popular lecturer. Dr. Enig is currently working on the exploratory development of an adjunct therapy for AIDS using complete medium chain saturated fatty acids from whole foods. She is Vice-President of the Weston A Price Foundation and Scientific Editor of Wise Traditions as well as the author of Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol, Bethesda Press, May 2000. She is the mother of three healthy children brought up on whole foods including butter, cream, eggs and meat.
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Being inactive doesn't make you fat. Sugar makes you fat. Enig should have said, (if you are sedentary) "eat fewer cookies" not "eat less...fat".